Microbiology of Aerosols (eBook)

About the Editors Anne-Marie Delort, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF), France. Pierre Amato, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF), France.

List of Contributors xi

Preface xv

Hunting fog xvii

It all happens up there ... xix

Cela se passe là-haut ... xxi

Part I Bioaerosols, Sampling, and Characterization 1

1.1 Main Biological Aerosols, Specificities, Abundance, and Diversity 3
P. Amato, E. Brisebois, M. Draghi, C. Duchaine, J. Fröhlich?-Nowoisky, J.A. Huffman, G. Mainelis, E. Robine and M. Thibaudon

References 11

1.2 Sampling Techniques 23
P. Amato, E. Brisebois, M. Draghi, C. Duchaine, J. Fröhlich?-Nowoisky, J.A. Huffman, G. Mainelis, E. Robine and M. Thibaudon

References 40

1.3 Quantification and Characterization of Bioaerosols (offline techniques) 49
J. Fröhlich?-Nowoisky, P. Amato, P. Renard, E. Brisebois and C. Duchaine

References 67

1.4 Online Techniques for Quantification and Characterization of Biological Aerosols 83
J.A. Huffman and J. Santarpia

Acknowledgments 99

References 99

Part II Sources and Transport of Microbial Aerosols 115

2.1 Bioaerosol Sources 117
Nathalie Wéry, Amandine Galès and Yves Brunet

References 131

2.2 Short-Scale Transport of Bioaerosols 137
N. Wéry, A. Galès and Y. Brunet

References 149

2.3 Global-Scale Atmospheric Dispersion of Microorganisms 155
D.W. Griffin, C. Gonzalez?-Martin, C. Hoose and D.J. Smith

Acknowledgments 178

References 178

Part III Impacts of Microbial Aerosols on Atmospheric Processes 195

3.1 Impacts of Bioaerosols on Atmospheric Ice Nucleation Processes 197
T.C.J. Hill, P.J. DeMott, F. Conen and O. Möhler

References 210

3.2 Impacts on Cloud Chemistry 221
A.?]M. Delort, L. Deguillaume, P. Renard, V. Vinatier, I. Canet, M. Vaïtilingom and N. Chaumerliac

References 239

Part IV Impacts of Bioaerosols on Human Health and the Environment 249

4.1 Health Impacts of Bioaerosol Exposure 251
P. Blais Lecours, C. Duchaine, M. Thibaudon and D. Marsolais

References 263

4.2 Impacts of Microbial Aerosols on Natural and Agro?]ecosystems: Immigration, Invasions, and their Consequences 269
C.E. Morris and D.C. Sands

References 277

Index 281